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The 24 trades made Monday that moved 43 players in the hours before the NHL trading deadline were more strategic than splashy, nothing that justified the hype that has grown around this annual day of reckoning and nothing that will immediately transform a franchise. The price of doing business was hefty — Tampa Bay gave Philadelphia first- and third-round draft picks for Braydon Coburn, a middling defenseman on a bad team — but several teams turned assets into potential postseason depth, led by Detroit, Montreal and the Ducks. Others, like Arizona and Buffalo, conceded the season and looked to the future by collecting prospects and draft picks. "Every year it just goes...

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The 24 trades made Monday that moved 43 players in the hours before the NHL trading deadline were more strategic than splashy, nothing that justified the hype that has grown around this annual day of reckoning and nothing that will immediately transform a...

The Calgary Flames' season was hanging by a thread when they faced the Kings at Staples Center on Dec. 22. After a strong start, the Flames had fallen into an 0-7-1 slump, the kind of frustration that challenges players' character, belief and patience.
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As he had done most of Saturday night, Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen stopped the dark object sailing toward him.
But, in the final, strange instance, the puck dribbled past him to the left — to the net — giving the Arizona Coyotes a 2-1 shootout victory...

Jeff Carter, in an isolated situation, is often close to automatic. Hit the button and he scores.
Of course, the same could be said about many situations for the gifted goal-scorer.
Already on Saturday night, Carter had scored off the rush for the Kings...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The combination of an exhausting trip, a dubious call and the pressure of a road deficit left the Kings yearning to get home and have a chance to right their ways.
The overhaul will date to Tuesday night, when the Phoenix Coyotes jumped...